How to Email Busy Bloggers and Get Response

By Guest Author - 6 minute read

Do you know what happens after you click send an email to a busy blogger?

Well, you guessed it right. It gets ignored. Most top bloggers are busy. They’re extremely busy.

At an average, every influential blogger receives anything around 150 to 200 new emails every single day. Unless and until he’s a superman, he won’t get enough time to read each and every email he gets.

So what busy bloggers generally do? They ignore most of their emails!

How do they decide which emails to ignore and which ones to respond? And how can you write emails that get response?

Are you curious to find out? Let’s figure out what makes busy bloggers to read and respond to your emails. Before diving into the details, we’ll first talk about the need of sending emails to busy bloggers.

If you’re blogging for a while, you already know that, connections with top bloggers play a crucial role. If contacted correctly, influential bloggers can change your blogging career completely.

If a top/busy blogger in your niche responds to your email and does a favor, you’ll get the following perks.

You’ll increase your sales

You’ll increase your traffic

You’ll get more social shares

You’ll attract more quality links

And most importantly you’ll connect with the awesome people

Emailing influential bloggers and getting response is a science. Sending good emails to others will not only open the doors for you to create great relationships but you will drive more traffic and sales to your websites.

So how to approach busy bloggers through emails? Let’s find out.

Using nudges to get response

Want to get a link from top blog in your niche? Instead of directly asking for a link, use nudges.

Nudge #1: Ask them for a tweet or share

Asking others for small favors can persuade people to do big favors in the long run. If you want to get something done, instead of seeking help in the first place, do favor for others first. So when you are asking for a tweet from someone, it’s always better to build a connection with them. Follow the bloggers who you want to contact, connect with them and frequently share their stuff. That way you’ll be able to build strong connections with them and once you have posted something awesome on your blog, ask others to tweet about your stuff.

Nudge #2: Ask them for feedback

Once you are succeeded in getting a tweet from your favorite blogger, it’s time to persuade them into jumping another hoop. Ask for an honest feedback about your content.

Most bloggers won’t say no and they are always happy to help others to improve their blogs. Take this step to improve your quality of your content and keep engaging with them.

Nudge #3: Ask for a link

Now that you’ve already built good communication with your favorite blogger, ask for a link after publishing a problem solving post on your blog. Make sure the content is top notch and is very detailed that will help their readers to gain something.

What happens when you ask for a link?

Mostly you’ll end up getting a link (viola) from them because they already know you and possibly know the quality of your stuff.

It’s easier to get a link from a friend rather than a stranger, right?

Refine and repeat the process until you succeed.

All the above nudging process will be done by emails. So it’s advisable for you to hone your email writing skills. Let’s now talk about how it can be done.

What captures the attention of busy bloggers?

It’s important to know what makes a busy blogger to respond. Let’s find out what are the things that will make an influential blogger read and respond to an email and include them while writing emails to busy bloggers in the future.

Short and sweet emails

Don’t waste others time by writing long and boring emails. Brevity matters when writing emails that get response. Be concise and your email response rate will be high.

Writing short emails that convey your whole ideas and message is really hard especially if you’re a beginner. Just like anything, by practicing and learning few effective email writing strategies will help you write your emails like a pro.

Here are few suggestions for writing shorter emails.

Don’t beat around the bush. Just come to the point. Introduce yourself in the first line and directly talk about the subject you want to discuss.

Never ever write your whole story. It is the surefire way to turn off anyone with your emails. No one is interested in reading your life story in the emails.

Proofread thrice. Sending emails without proofreading can do more harm than good. Edit before you send the emails. And make sure your emails are grammatically correct.

Interesting subject lines

The first thing that gets noticed on any email is the subject line. If you are mailing to busiest people, you need to make sure that you have compelling subject lines that immediately grab attention. Unfortunately, most people don’t know how to write subject lines that will dramatically increase their email open rates.

If you’re one of them, don’t fret much here are few tips for writing stunning subject lines that increase your email open rates.

The best email subject lines are always short and they give clear ideas to open your emails.

Never sound like a sales guy. Don’t use cheesy words (or capital letters) to grab the attention of others. They won’t get you any attention, they often turn off the people.

Using names on the subject lines is always better. It adds personalization and originality to the emails you write.

Keeping your subject line to under 60 characters or less is one of the best email subject line writing strategies to boost your open rates.

Personalization is key

When writing emails, use names of the people. This adds extra value to your emails. People always love when someone mentions their name.

Never send an email by pitching something like “Hi there” etc., It’s always better to use names from the beginning of the email to the end. Why should anyone respond to your emails if you don’t have enough time to even find out their name?

Win/win approach

“You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help other people get what they want.” – Zig Ziglar

No one will help you by default. You have to help others before you seek out help.

Blogosphere works on win/win approach. If you help others, they will reciprocate. In the beginning, when you have no real online connection with others, offer help without wanting to get anything in return.

This strategy works like a charm if you are focusing on getting massive results in the long run. If you want a tweet from your favorite blogger, instead of asking him directly, follow him on twitter and frequently retweet their stuff. If you want to get a link from a blog make sure to frequently linking out to the blog you are targeting.

Before asking for any help, make sure to do it first from your end.

End every email with a proper call to action

Want to get the response from busy bloggers? Make sure to include a clear call to action at the end of every email you write.

If there’s only one effective thing that bring you great results from your emails, it is the “effective call to action”. Never end your emails without including a call to action if you want to get a response or help.

Include social proof

If you want to immediately grab the attention of other bloggers, make sure to include social proof in your emails. For instance, let’s say you want to write a guest post for a top blog in your niche, instead of randomly pitching the top blogger, you can send few of your writing samples to add more value to your email pitch.

Few email samples that are proven to get response

Here I’m going to give you few email samples that got more email responses. Just observe the pattern and you can use these email samples for almost anything from asking a tweet to landing a guest post on top blog.

If you’re asking for a tweet or link:

Hi [name],

Just linked to you from my blog [include the post URL]. If you like it, I’d appreciate a tweet from you. If you think the post is highly relevant to your blog readers, you can even link to it.

Cheers,

Your name

Why it works?

The above email is really short and you’re not beating around the bush to get a tweet or link from the bloggers you have linked it. If they really like your post, they will tweet about it. If they really read your post and find it useful, they may even link to it.

If you’re seeking help:

Hi [name],

My name is [name] and I blog at [blog url]. I’m a regular reader of your blog and I’m really inspired with your writing.

I need a feedback from you. My blog is [mention the problem, lack of traffic or sales or anything].

I hope I’ll get an insightful suggestion from you to solve this.

Awaiting for your reply.

Why it works?

The above email pitch is super short and you’re directly asking for the feedback. If the busy bloggers in your niche find your problem painful, they will either create a specific blog post for you or they’ll email you about solving your problem. Both are good!

If you want to send a guest post pitch to a busy blogger

Hi [name],

My name is [name] who blogs at [blog name]. I know you’re a busy blogger so I’ll directly come to the point.

I’ve noticed the blog readers mostly enjoy [type of content]. And I’ve written a detailed guest post solving [a particular problem], I hope your readers would find it really helpful. If love the guest post idea, please see the attachment for the guest post.

Just in case if you want to see my writing abilities.

[2 to 3 writing samples]

Let me know what you think.

Why it works?

The guest post pitch shared above is short and really effective. You’ve introduced yourself and you also said that you’re a loyal reader to the blog you’re going to pitch. You’re also sending your writing samples by including a detailed post on particular problem. Mostly, you’ll get a yes if they think your post is unique and really helpful for their readers.

Final thoughts about emailing busy people to get response

Your online success largely depends on creating great emails. If you don’t learn compelling email writing strategies, you will suffer later. Effective email writing also helps you connect with the great people in your industry.

But the only problem with emailing busy people is that your email gets ignored most of the time (especially if you don’t know how to write emails).

It doesn’t matter whether if you want to set up a skype call or ask for an advice from an influential blogger in your niche, if used proven email scripts, you’ll definitely get a response.

As you can see, I’ve included a lot of interesting things that capture the attention of busy bloggers. So make sure to use most of them to get a response from the top bloggers in your niche. Also use the email samples shared in the post to your advantage. You can directly use them or make some changes to your needs.

Hopefully the tips and strategies mentioned in this detailed guide will help you approach busy bloggers.

Recommended Articles for You

13 Responses to “How to Email Busy Bloggers and Get Response”

Moving Coston September 06, 2015 5:20 pm

I agree Barbara Sher’s post. It’s true that Responsive designs has been very handy in the present times. So, i think it is a great post. Because lot of knowledge we have got. So, Thanks! to post writer.

Theodore Nwangeneon September 06, 2015 3:08 pm

A very interesting post mate,
One of the good things that can happen to a blogger is getting the influentials on his niche to respond to his email, to send him link or to mention him on their blogs, this will really bring with it lots of good things.

However, where the main work lies is in getting their attention. I always advice people to start from getting those people to them. Start connecting with them and once you’ve done that, everything will become much easier for you.

You can start from reading their posts, leaving thoughtful comments on them, sharing them across your social media network and also linking to them via your blog and before you know it, they will start noticing you which will make it very easy for them to return the favor.

Pallab Kayalon August 31, 2015 10:58 am

Well! I’m trying to outreach but my ratio is 3 out 10 on average. Now I’ve realized mu error. Now I’m pretty shameful that I’ve tried to bore them with not too long but sill long enough to avoid my outreach mails. Thanks for your help. It’s my response on DBT.

muktinews24on August 30, 2015 12:25 pm

Blogger give mainly free services. I know that they are very busy. Most of time they can’t response their email answer. You have mention a email response it is very helpful for a busy blogger. Thanks for your important sharing.

Muhammad Subelon August 30, 2015 8:37 am

Hey @Daniel Scocco

Great article. This article may helpful. Thanks for share.

Vivekon August 29, 2015 2:06 pm

Helpful post, I sent 30 emails yesterday to some busy bloggers…:) But 0 response..:( I like your idea of asking them to retweet….or asking them to give feedback….Thanx for this idea….

liliyon August 29, 2015 12:43 pm

I many times tried to contact coolest bloggers but I was bad at it I hope that after your advice I will get better thanks for the good and useful article

Ronisarkaron August 29, 2015 5:51 am

Hi Daniel Scocco,
I have tried to contact bloggers but did not respond to me.But after reading this post I succeeded .Thank you very much ..

Wandererzon August 29, 2015 12:47 am

I like the nudge approach. Never tried it with that in mind… more like a natural social thing but will do in the future thanks 🙂

Marvinon August 28, 2015 3:09 pm

Hello Daniel. Thank you for your great post. You can’t imagine, how much helpful your post is! specially for the newbie. You are 100% right “If you help others, they will reciprocate”- I have felt it from my experience. But if I don’t have anything (as I am a newbie) to reciprocate, then? Does retwitt/like from a ordinary guy work well?

Surajit Royon August 28, 2015 2:20 pm

Hi,
In-fact today rare top bloggers wants to receive request from any unknown blogger who wants to spread their blog through their guest post. The busy blogger wants to connect only with the famous blogger, not the starters. So, these new bloggers should go for the comparatively new or low repute bloggers.
Good post you written, thanks.

Alexon August 27, 2015 8:41 am

Big thanks for the tips. But unfortunately it isn’t looks like that when trying to contact with popular bloggers in Russia.

Barbara Sheron August 26, 2015 7:07 am

It is really a touching matter. I am thankful for giving me this latest information. Very nice post. Responsive designs has been very handy in the present times, because everyone has smartphones and access websites through it.